LANCASTER DAILY 1JNTELLIGENCEK SATURDAY. MAY 21, 1881.
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SATURDAY EVBNIMO, MAY 21, 1S81.
The Herey Letter.
The publishers and editors of Truth,
who were Indicted for publishing the
Merey letter,lnwejustbeen discharged,
Uie prosecution confessing its inability
"te show that they were parties te the al
leged forgery of the letter, or that they
even bany knowledge that it was
forged. kil, who was charged with
writing it, was conceded te be innocent.
The district attorney declared himself
unable te discover who had. committed
wliat be claimed te have been a public
crime of exceptional gravity ; but he
was satisfied tliat the parties accused
were innocent. The presiding judge con
curred and they were released. Yet
these men were committed for trial
by a judge of the supreme court, who
is new shown te have done se upon evi
dence which is net deemed strong enough
te send the case te a jury. This judge,
Neah Davis, at the same time, it will
be remembered, undertook te call Mr.
Ilewit te account for his conviction of
the genuineness of Garfield's signature.
A great deal of loud talk was indulged
in en the eve of the election charging
that this letter was forged te the order
of the Democratic national committee,
aud the influence of this bluster en the
campaign was effective. It is a striking
commentary en the boldness of tiiese as
sertions that a Republican district attor
ney confesses himself unable after earn
est effort for six montliste And enough
evidence as te the origin of this letter
upon which te base even a prima facie
case against anyone.
People are at liberty te suspect what
they please as te the origin of the Merey
letter ; and they may even decline te be
lieve it a forgery. It has never been
shown te be ; and public judgment has
been suspended concerning it awaiting
the elucidation that would come from a
trial of the forgers. There has been a
general desire te have Garfield testify
from the witness stand concerning its
authorship. A geed many people felt
that lie should seek such an opportunity
te vindicate" himself, lie has net done se ;
and this trial that was te give him the
opportunity seems te be very willingly
avoided by his political friends. If there
was evidence upon which a judge of the
supreme court could send these men te
trial there ought te have been evidence
enough for a jury te consider; if there
was net, as District Attorney liellins
new says, then Judge Neah Davis has
no business oil the bench.
Our strong suspicion has been that
Garfield wrote this Merey letter ; and it
is net removed by the remarkable an
nouncement that its forger cannot be
found, nor reasonable ground for suspi
cion as te who lie may have been.
m m
Paxsea rractices.
The Philadelphia judges de net always
talk very respectfully te the supreme
court ; and the supreme court does net
always deserve te be very respectfully
talked te. Judge Briggs had a passage
with the august tribunal net long age ;
and lately Judge Finletter has had occa
sion te make some pertinent remarhs
concerning certain decisions of the su
preme court which, as the Philadelphia
Labia- remarked, "caused people te
shake their heads." Certain highway
commissioners, having been convicted of
conspiracy te defraud the city, were sent
te jail en a Friday, sentenced te a
year's imprisonment by Judge Finletter ;
en the next Thursday they were released
en bail by the supreme court, the action
lciug presumably dictated by Judge
Paxseu, whose reputation as a political
judge is of long standing, and who sails
with Judge Mercur as a clese consort.
Paxson it is said has an eye en the su
preme bench of the United States, and
hoped te get there if Wayne Mac Veagh's
appointment had net shut off Pennsyl
vania's claim te the position. lie would
make an excellent supreme court judge,
of the type of men that arc being select
ed for that elevated, position. Judge
Finletter is a man of different
tyie, though lie is said . te have a
like high ambition. But in showing
up the Paxson practices he could hardly
have had it in his mind te injure that
judge's chance of promotion te the
United Slates bench ; inasmuch as these
practices are the very qualifications calcu
lated te boost Paxson te a seat beside
Matthews and Bradley. This is what
Judge Finletter said in judicially review
ing the supreme court's action in the
matter of the highwaymen :
The supreme court was induced te dis
charge tbe defendants from prison upon
their mere ex parte allegation that error
had been committed at the trial, and this
without notice te the district attorney,
and when there was no exception sealed
and no evidence that the papers presented
were authentic or that any matter alleged
was at all true. Among the assignments
of error were some entirely false.
It is significant that these errors are net
alleged in the bill of exceptions presented
tome for settlement. Doubtless having
performed their office in misleading the
supreme court, it was prudent te suppress
them when detection was reasonably cer
tain. With every respect fprthe appel
late tribunal, we may regret that the rules
and practices of the supreme court did net
require some proof of the authenticity et
the papers presented, or notice te the dis
trict attorney. If they had they would at
least have prevented that court from being
imposed upon by matters wholly false.
Themas A. Scott has died when he
should have been in his prime, and the
generally accredited cause is the exces
sive mental strain which lie had upon
him, during the years of finaucial depres
sion, in saving his great railroad interests
from impending ruin. The Texas
Pacific railroad, which finally yielded
Mr. Scott a great fortune, was probably
the cause of his net living toenjey it. ne
was a man of very remarkable powers,
and no one in the country enjoyed
se high a reputation for ability
as a railroad manager. He had
great power in this state, which he used
te the advantage of the interests in his
charge but very often net te that of the
people. There can be no doubt that the
state has suffered great injury at his
hands ; as well as great benefit from the
development of the magnificent railroad
whose affairs he administered. Probably
he discharged his duty as he saw it ; but
he certainly did? net' see that it called
upon him te resjlect any pililici interest
that was in apparent coafiietto the pri
vate interests in. bis keeping.
ihnqr tepics: '
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin wants
a copy of the new Scriptures presented te
Ingcrsell.
, Tee First Moravian church social union
of Philadelphia will have an .excursion te
Litltz in June.
( In England the Baptists last year, in
proportion te their membership, made an
increase of mere than double the percent
age of, any ether denomination.
When the BeatheranBaptist conven
tion was held at Columbus, Miss., the
.Jewish synagogue was given up en Sun
day te a Christian clergyman te preach in.
Tire first part of a valuable review of
the revision of the New Testament will be
found en the first page te-day; and en
our fourth is a full account of a brilliant
celebration of the Diagnethian literary
society last night.
Tire strict professional etiquette of the
East docs net entirely prevail among the
physicians of Arkansas, and Dr. J. W.
Prioe took occasion te read in the conven
tion of the State Medical society, a paper
taking strong ground against "the prac
tice of doctors elbowing aud buttonholing
people te secure patronage."
Tun Second Adventists, who used te
held that the end of the world was se im
minent that a general church organization
was, unnecessary and 'improper, have
chanced their minds of Late years. The
Second Advent Christian association,
which is their principal body, has just
held a convention at Worcester, Mass.,
and en this occasion a fuller statement of
principles was adopted. The peculiar
points are that the finally impenitent will
be destroyed, that the coming of Christ is
near at hand aud that the earth will be
made ever for the future abode of the
saints. In 1843 a simple declaration of
their belief in the second coming of Christ
was formulated.
In the Southern Presbyterian General
Assembly,at Staunton, Virginia, yesterday,
Dr. Edger, of Seuth Carolina, moved that
the assembly authorize the committee en
foreign correspondence, of which he is
chairman, te send a telegram of fraternal
salutation te the Northern Presbyteriau
assembly iu session at Buffalo. After a
sharp debate, Mr. Mullaly,' of Lexington,
Virginia, bitterly opposing the motion, it
was adopted by a vote of 108 te 13 The
51st general assembly of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church met in Austin,
Texas, en Thursday. One hundred and
seventy delegates were present. Rev. J.
W. Darby, of Evansville, Maryland, was
elected moderator.
Of the Presbyterian theological semi
naries Princeton has buildings valued at
$274,000, and funds amounting te nearly
$700,000. The Union seminary of New
Yerk holds real estate worth $150,000,
and funds worth $700,000. The seminary
at Auburn, N. Y., possesses $500,000
$200,000 iu real estate, $300,000 in funds.
Of these two kinds of property the semi
nary at Chicago has, respectively, $300,
000, aud $150,000. The Western theolog
ical seminary at Allegheny City, Pa., has
funds slightly exceeding $330,000. The
Laue scraiuary possesses property aggre
gatiug $100,000. These six institutions
held one-fourth the entire amount of prop
erty owned by the 123 seminaries iu the
United States.
In one of the Southern presbyteries,
composed of colored members, there was
a lively canvass for the choice of an elder
te go te Buffalo te the General Assembly.
Several candidates were urged ea the
ground that they were lawyers and able
speakers. A brother objected te them.
They were net, he said, representative
men. His favorite was a rough unculti
vated specimen, such as the Southern
fields produced iu plenty. He would
make a true and honest, if net an eloquent
delegate. Other speakers added their
views, and finally a brother brought down
the heuse by urging the eminent qualifica
tions of an elder who had served a term
in the penitentiary ! He was new a truly
reformed man, and thus entitlcd te the
pre eminence, as illustrating in his own
person and history what the gospel could
de for the colored man !
New Yerk Herald : Apparently the
new version will drift into common use
without eventful observation that it is
different from the old one. If . it were
otherwise it would be a mischievous con
trivance. It make no change whatever in
any essential point of Christian doctrine ;
aud though great flourish has been made
ever the need that modern study of the
ancient languages had made for it, its
changes in fact are rather these of taste in
the use of English and the correction of
English " te date." Much of the revision
deals with English phrases which had
anciently a sense that interpreted a Scrip
tural passage, but have new some ether
sense. Thcse are changed for phrases
which give the true sense as originally in
terpreted. If the new version were likely
te wcakcu the popular regard for the
book as commonly known it would be a
pity te have made it for such trivial rea
sons. PERSONAL.
, Miss CiiAitA. Louise Kellogg is en
gaged te be married te a Mr. Andrews.
Sener Zamacena, the Mexican minister
te Washington, sent his resignation te the
City of Mexico en April 5th, and up te the
5th inst. it had net been accepted by the
Mexican government.
Mr. William F. Cennrr, widely known
in newspaper circles, and since February,
1878, connected with' the local staff of the
Philadelphia Public Ledger, died at his res
idence, Ne. 1,233 Davis street, yesterday
morning, after only ene day's illness of
heart disease.
The nomination of William E. Chan
dler te be solicitor general of the depart depart
mentfef justice was rejected by the Senate
yesterday. There was a majority of five
against him. All of the Democrats and
Senater Cameren, of Pennsylvania, .voted
against him, while several Republican
senators, among them Mr. Mitchell, of
Pennsylvania, who wenld have opposed
Mr. Chandler had their votes been neces
sary te defeat him, abstained from vot
ing. '
A subscription has been opened te raise
5,090 te complete and beautify Hugbea
den church as a memorial of the Earl of
Beaconsfield. Six of the windows are
te be illuminated aud the interior is te be
decorated. A handsome spire will be
erected containing a peal of bells, the
church yard wifl be enclosed with hand
some railings, and a monument is te be
placed ever tbe Beaconsfield vault.
Fkederick Douglass's ill tempered
complaint in the List number of the North
American Review, that his race was de.
spised and contemned by the white man,
had net left the press when its author was
installed in the most comfortable place in
the District of Columbia government ; and
new another colored man, ex-Senater
Bruce,has been made register of the treas
ury.
Rev. Dr. Bailsman, of Reading, is in at
tendance at the general synod of the Re
formed church in the United States, in
session in Tiffin, Seneca county, O., as a
delegate from the Lobauen classis, and to
morrow the pulpit at St. Paul's Memerial
church of which he is pastor will be occu
pied by Rev. EnwiN A. Gernant, of
Lccspert, who recently graduated at the
Reformed theological seminary iu this
city.
Mr. J. M. Sutiikrlake, who was known
te the minstrel profession, before his
conversion, as "Senater Beb Hart," and
who, for years, was ene of the leading at
tractions at Dan Bryant's epera heuse, in
Twenty-third street, New Yerk, has been
appointed assistant pastor of the Laigh
Street Baptist church, at a salary of
$1,000 per year. The Rev. Halsey W.
Knapp, pastor of the chureb, gives his
services te the congregation without pay,
but the work has beceme se arduous of
latb tliat the society has determined that
it is tee great for one man te perform.
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.
Martin Flanigan, the convietod murder
er of Jehn Hairns, was sentenced by Judge
Beckwith, of Buftale, N. Y., te be hanged
en July 8.
A fire at Dubuque, Iowa, yesterday
morning destroyed Walker & Ce.'s barrel
factory and feed mills and Can- & Ryder's
sash and deer factory, causing a less of
$33,000.
The Vincland & West Jersey railroad
companies have placed patrols along their
respective reads te prevent a repetition of
last year's fires in the weeds caused by
sparks from their locomotives.
The fast stallion Menree Chief (time
2:180 has been sold te San Francisce
parties, whose names are kept secret, for
$18,000. The stallion's Eastern engage engage
ments this summer will all be fulfilled.
By a cavc-in at tbe Gelden Terra mine,
D. T ., four men were killed and one in.
jured. Nine mero still remain in the
mine, but they can be heard talking te the
miners working te rescue them, and it is
thought they will all be gotten out alive.
Jehn Tucker, of Jay, Vermont, who
died recently, confessed en his death-bed
that he aud his brother-in-law, Jehn Ress,
set fire te a large woellen mill at Stan
bridge, Quebec, which was burned two
years age, and that William Ress, of Jay,
hired them te commit the crime. Jehn
Ress has been arrested and ledged in
jail.
In La Salic county, Texas, a small squad
of state rangers had a desperate fight with
a band of thirty outlaws near the fort last
Tuesday iu which ene ranger was killed.
The outlaws were defeated hewever, and
two of them captured. They had been
stealing horses and cattle and rnuning
them iute Mexico. A large party of citi citi
zens are new in pursuit of these who es
caped. The body of Clara Smith, colored, bo be
licved te have lwen murdered by her lo le
ver, Atwood Carpenter, in Wilmington,
Delaware, but whose death from small
pox was certified by the attending phy
sician, was exhumed en Thursday. Ne
evidence of small-pox could be found, and
yesterday afternoon the coroner's jury
rendered a verdict against Capcnter, who
was committed ou the charge of murder.
Jane Burke, wemau who en Saturday
was found at 254 West Sixteenth street,
New Yerk, suffering from poisoning, and
who accused her husband of attempting te
murder her, has died in the hospital. She
adhered te her statement te the last. Her
husband, Themas Burke, denies the
charge, but is under arrest te await the
result of inquest. They had only recently
been married.
William P. Patterson, a wealthy cattle
man, formerly of Butler, Bates county,
Me., while drunk and unruly in St. Leuis.
Tex., fired off his pistol, and when some
rangers, who were doing police duty in
the town, attempted te arrest him, he re
sisted, aud was shot six times and killed.
I'attersen had been en a spree for two
weeks, and this was the second time he
had used the pistol.
The representatives of the American
cable construction company have arrived
in Canse, N. S., te witness the landing of
the shore end of the American cable. The
steamer Faraday, with one thousand miles
of the new cable en beard, is hourly ex
pected, when the laying of the cable will
begin. A commodious building for the
accommodation of the staff of the station
has been erected near the shore, and a
trench seven feet deep and half a mile long
has been opened. Everything is in readi
ness te receive the cable.
TILDEN AND THE "STAR RuTJTKS."
What Might Have Been Had the 8 te 7 Gene
the Other Way.
A special dispatch from Washington te
the New Yerk World says: "A'repertwas
put out here by the Star Reute ring early
in the investigation charging responsibility
for the exposures upon Mr. Tilden. It oc
casioned only amusement at the time To
night information comes from authority
unquestionably high that, although net
responsible for the present investigation.
Mr. Tilden is in possession of mere evi
dence against the Star Reute ring than
the posteffice department has or seems
able te obtain. The authority for this
statement says that it was collected by
Mr. Tilden in 187G, aud that he had in
tended, had he been inaugurated instead
of Mr. Hayes, te signalize the beginning
of his administration by an investigation
similar te the ene new in progress, mean
ing te win by it en a national scale the
reputation he made for himself as a reform
er in connection witb the exposure of the
New Yerk canal rings. He added te this
evidence during Mr. Hayes' term, keeping
it te himself until a year age last winter,
wueu uu put uub part ei it uireugn a well
known agent. The purpose of this was te
arouse the country te the .possibilities of a
vigorous investigation, and he depended
upon his friends te convince the party
leaders at Cincinnati that in case of his
nomination he was prepared te make such
further disclosure as would insure Demo
cratic victory. It is saidthathe wenld
have used all his evidence during the cam
paign and have met the Republicans with
facte and figures that would have been
simple lrresisnuie. xi is uub te jut. lu- I
den that the officials who have the invest. I
(ration in charge should call en him ta
place all he knows, if he knows anything,!
thing,!
elieve
warn
at their disposal, some et tnem believe
he can supply the links which they
te complete the chain of criminating
qence against we rwg.
A. mXBTMMt OT THE SKA.
Bodies -W nrs, VMIewed by a
batterta a Can Tel Hag Disaster.
At intervals during the past two months
large qualities of sneer age aad three
bodies have bee washed aaSbre en Rock Reck
away Beach, between the new hotel and
Leng Tem's Point. Nene of the bodies
which were apparently these of seamen.
'was ideatified, and they were buried en
the beach, it was thought by many tliat
they came from4he bark Ajace, wrecked
en Rockaway Sheals, but old beaehmen
say that this is impossible, as tbe bodies
would have been washed ashore at Ceney
Island. Others are of the opinion that the
bodies and wreckage came from the
wreck of the unknown bark that is
believed te have foundered off the
point en the same day as the Ajace. On
the dav that the Aiaee was wrecked, the
crew of life saving station Ne. 36 assert
that there was a bark in company with
her when she passed the station. A dense
fog shortly afterward obscured both ves
sels, and when it lifted neither was te be
seen.
On Tuesday Abraham Hamer, a watch
man in tbe employ of the Rockaway Beach
improvement company, fonnden the beach
near the point, a quantity of wreckage and
a tin can, tightly sealed. Twe bottles
were fastened te the can te keep it afloat.
The can was opened, and found te contain
a piece of paper en which the following
was written.
"Snip Emma B. Birusall, March 10, 1880.
We have been experiencing severe weath
er since the 1st of March, and it still con
tinues te storm. We have been under our
storm try-sails ever since the 1st. Te-day
she has sprung a leak, and we cannot keep
her free, and it is se rough wocanuet
launch our beats. The men are all beastly
drunk, and we cannot get any work out of
them, it is a very eaa leek ler us, as tne
sea is breaking ever the ship. There is
but five of us left out of eighteen men ; it
is a bad leek for the rest of us. I will net
have tune te say much mero. If any of my
friends get this they may knew me, for I
used te live at i'atcnogue, en .Leng island,
My name is Geerge Bane."
A search in Patohegue failed te discover
any one who knew Ueerge iiane.
Imprisoned la a Mine.
A "cave in" occurred at the Gelden
Terra mine, near Deadwood, Dakotah, at
seven o'clock en Thursday evening, as the
" night shift " of sixty men was entering
tbe tuunel. About twenty bad entered
the tunnel, and thirteen were in the mine
below when the disaster took place. A
large mass of earth fell in at a distance of
nearly two hundred lees from tne mouth,
fiuuur an ere chamber and making a cave
supposed te be about 250 feet long, 100
wide and 5U deep. By tne sudden com
pressien of the air, a man named Themas
Green was hurled nearly eighty feet out of
the tunnel against the side or an open cut,
and IrillAd. Twe ether men were blown
through the tunnel towards the Highland
mine, and one of them, James Beatty,
being struck by a timber, was se badly in-
lured tbat be died seen alter. James an
ley, one of the men imprisoned in the
"cave," was also fatally injured, and died
in the mine. Alt tne etbers were rescued,
some of them having sustained slight in
juries. LOCALINTELLIGENCE.
NKIUHBORHOOU NEWS.
Near and Acress the County Lines.
The Pennsylvania Millers' association
will meet in Reading while th(T state fair
is in progress.
In Pottstown, a let of gamblers, acceni
panying isatcneuer s liens' circus, were
arrested and fined te the utmost extent of
tbe law.
On Friday a premature cxplosieu of
powder in a blast iu Jenes & Ce.'s quarry,
nanera county, jiiu., aoeut a nme and a
half from Delta, killed Geerge Heeper
auu uangereusiy wounded William Merris,
Four ethers narrowly escaped with their
lives. Merris was thrown twenty-five feet
in the air and injured all ever his body.
A rock weighing at least a ten and a half
crushed the life from Heeper.
A " temperance crusade " has been in
augurated in Reading, under the lead of
Will M. Wannamacher, the young Califor
nia advocate. War will be waged relent
lessly against the saloons, and consider
ably feeling has already been stirred up
fee and against the movement. " Majer "
Daniel Davis, Reading's smallest man,
and well known in this city where he
formerly resided, has been enlisted in the
cause, being the fifth te sign the pledge,
and will deliver a short address en Monday
evening.
The Columbia Spy says: Cattish are
very abundant. A catch of forty or fifty
pounds in a day with hook and line is net
unusual. v We saw a wheelbarrow lead of
them en Wednesday, and they weighed
from thrce te four pounds each. Bass are
said te be abundant tee, but no ene thinks
of catching them before the first of June.
The Harrisburg Telegraph says : Ac
counts from Columbia indicate that the
fish pirates at that point en the Susque
hanna have things all their own way.
They are new fishing clese up te the raft
chutes, and within illegal limits of the
fishway. A new battery has been erected
close te the dam, where the pirates defy
all legal interference. As long as the river
is low these manraders de net go near the
dam te fish, but at all times during a rise
they seine for shad close up te the dam,
the raft chute and the fishway.
Inland City division, Ne. 7, K. of P.,
of Lancaster, have made arrangements te
visit Reading the third week in August
next, en the occasion of the annual ses
sion of the Grand Ledgo of Pennsylvania.
They have already made application for
quarters for one hundred persons, and will
be accompanied by Clemmens' City band.
Petitions being circulatcdin Yerk coun
ty, asking the Legislature te repeal the
act creating an associate law judge for
said county. The petitioners held that
one law judge would be sufficient te de all
the business of the county.
Wm. J. Steese, superintendent of tbe
Harrisburg car company, while driving,
across the railroad track, was struck by a
locomotive, thrown from his wagon, aud
falling in front of the locomotive was
dragged for about one hundred and fifty
yards before the train was stepped. When
uuten irem unuer tne wneeis be was dead
and in a terribly mangled condition. His
neau was badly cut, one leg was out off
above the ankle and the wheels passed
ever the breast and stomach.
Dr. C. li. Yergey, of Pottstown, and A
De Haven of Monocacy, Pa., were arrest
ed, yesterday, en the charge of conspiracy
te defraud the State Capital insurance
company of Harrisburg. It is charged
that they effected an insurance en the life
or tbe Iato Daniel Gehris, aged 84
en his &h& I two Svs'Srel JS t
en ms eeatn dm, two aays Deiore lie died. I
Other arrests are expected. Dr. Yenrev
has been arrested before en a similar
charge.
Remembered by His Frleaes.
Mr. Relaud Moffett, an employee of H.
Schubart & Ce's. warehouse, who has
lately "taken unto him a wife," was re
membered last evening by his fellow work
men, who immediately after the work
house closed went te Mr. Henry Eahl's,
en North Mary street, -where Mr. Moffett
beards, and presented him. a handseme
sink and various articles of tin ware. The
presentation speech was made by A. L.
dmnKtll
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sale et Baak Stock.
J. B. Leng; real estate agent, sold at
private sale yesterday 10 shares Farmers'
national hank stock stock at $102.50
ex-dividend,
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A Scotleu of 'nis Career Tliat la or.' Lecal
Interest.
News comes te day from Philadelphia of
the death there this morning of Cel.
Themas A. Scott, the millionaire, ex-president
of the Pennsylvania railroad com
pany, The Philadelphia Prat, with rare
enterprise and in anticipation of an event,
which it was well known could net
be far distant, published this
morning a very complete sketch of
his life of which we append the
leading points and give in detail that part
of it relating te his residence in this county.
The indirect cause of Colonel Sedttfs ill
ness was an injury received in ' a railroad
collision in 1856. As a result his left side
was paralyzed and for several days he was
unable te move. Jfrem that time te his
death Colonel Scott suffered from this in
jury. Whenever be was sick or even
greatly fatigued be bas noticed a numb
ness in his left side, which was very an
neying and at times alarming. This
superadded te his tremendous railroad
work shattered his system and made him
some years age a ceniirmed invalid.
Colonel Themas A. Scott's parents were
of Scotch-Irish descent, originally settling
in Lancaster county, and moving thouce
te Londen, Franklin comity, where the
subject of this sketch was was born in
1823. The story of his youth and his
residence, aud clerkship in Columbia is
thus graphically told in the Press ;
" Fred, there's a boy down there en the
canal that I have taken a liking te. Take
him in the store and give him a place."
And when Reland Dillcr spoke thus te his
partner, Frederick Baker, he was only
proving that the popular vordiet that
named him stieng minded aud unusually
clear-lighted was iu accordance with the
evidence, unier was m many respects a
remarkable man. He is still living in New
Helland at the ripe old age of 'JO years.
Along iu the thirties of the president cen
tury Reland Dillcr and Frederick Baker,
ancle of Jeseph Baker, former
superintendent of the Pennsylva
nia railroad and new living near
Dowuingtewn 'en the farm once
owned by President Buchanan, controlled
extensive in works in Huntingdon county
aud in connection with their industrial es
tablishment and for the benefit particu
larly of their employees they opened a gen
eral store. One day as Mr. Dillcr was
walking along the canal he met a boy
about 12 years of age driving a horse.
There was an unward tossing of tluvlad's
head and an unflinching leek from his
clear eyes, and a general air of smartness
about him that impressed the man. and
he began plying the youngster witb;
questions. The answers were bright'
and quicklw made, and acting en
the impulse, that they created, Mr. Oilier
inquired of the lad hew he would like te
enter his store. There was a ready 'as
sent, and se Frederick Makers partner
shortly afterward told him of the boy
down en the canal, it was in this way
that the son of mine host Scott of Leuden
came te make his first step en the real
jeurney of life. This was two years sub
sequent te his father's death, and during
this interim he had been living with his
sister, whose husband kept a ceuutry store
near Waynesboro, and also a short time
with his brother, James D. Scott, who was
in business in Bridgeport, Franklin ceun
ty, and for a brief period he was under the
care of Metcalfe & Ritchie, merchants, of
Mercersburg.
When Mr. Scott's brother-in-law,
Majer Patteu, went te Columbia, uuder
Gov. Perter as collector of canal tells he
took Scott along as clerk. He discharged
bis onerous duties laitbluliy but never
checked his social feelings, and se it was
net long bctore "Aleck' bcett no was
net known as Themas A. then was the
most popular young fellow in Columbia.
His physical vitality and his mental
alertness were matters of great com cem
incut. Even at this late day the mention
of his name te any of the old residents
of Columbia will loosen tengue, and the
listener will be entertained with story after
story, all going te show what a whole whele whole
seuled, tender-hearted, clear-headed, hard
working, rollicking and smart young chap
was Aleck Scott. He was a picture, of
manly beauty. Net a haudsenfer young
fellow could be found the country round.
His blende hair, igneraut of barber's
touch, huug ever his shoulders, his head
being surmounted by a hat of great
breadth of brim of the sort new affected
by Buffalo Bill. He was careless iu dress,
and this trait distinguished him through
his after life, "for," as he himself .once
expected it, " I never have time te put my
clothes en right." His face was round and
rosy, aud altogether he presented such a
strikingly handsome appearance Colum
bia's pretty girls never thought of the
pants tucked untidily in beets. The size
of his hat gives proper emphasis te a re
cent remark ,by ene of his old chums, Peter
Savier, of Columbia. "Ha was as smart
as a whip and his heart was as big as his
hiit. There was mere bleed in him than
in any man I ever saw."
Iu Columbia at tliat time the faverite
resort for the young meu of the borough
was a club-house controlled by a colored
man named Armstrong, who bad a silent
partner in Stephen Miller, a Methodist lay
clergyman, who afterward becama pro pre pro
thenotary of Dauphin county, .thou, by
appointment of Governer Pollock, flour in
spector of Philadelphia, was next expelled
from the ministry for bigamous practices,
drifted out te Minnesota and became gov
ernor of that state, afterward began silver
mining in Colerado and died last April
somewhere in the west in beggary. In Arm
strong's club-house young Scott frequently
met and had for his mero intimate asso
ciates James Duffy, new Marietta's mil
lionaire, whose great farm adjoins that
of Simen Cameren ; Charles II. Keens,
new in Baltimore as the Baltimore & Ohie
railroad's agent ; G. C. Franciscus, after
ward first superintendent of- the Phila
delphia division of tbe Pennsylvania rail
road, but new dead ; Jehn A. Heek, who
became tbe agent of the Union line, new
deceased ; Jehn J. Housten, also dead,
but who became Adams express
agent; Jeseph A. Black, present pro
prietor of a hotel in Columbia; Jehn
S. Given, new of Dever, Delaware ; R.
B. Mayer, who was Eastern shipper when
Themas A. Scott was Western shipper in
Leech's transportation house, and Peter
Sayler, still living in Columbia. All of
thcse were about of young Scott's age.
With all his rollicking disposition he was
assiduous clear headed aud devoted
te his duties. During all his
days in Columbia his industry in
the collector's ofHce aud in the pursuit of
ilcasurcstbatdid.ne harm never flagged.
Ie became distinguished as a ten-pin
player and as a rifle shot. Many were the
r prize steers of Lancaster county that fell
te h ,et in reward for the accr of
. TTn ntjraA int ,: KtvPi. a -.t,
aim. Ile entered into tins sport as with
everything olse, with a vim. Peter Sayler
loves te relate hew Aleck Scott and he
went through the snow te a sheeting
match at Petersburg, thirteen miles away.
The contest was net decided the first day,
and Scott was net content te spend an idle
night in the village " Let's go and see
our girls, Peter, he said, turning te Say Say
eor, and the latter net objecting, tbe two
turned their faces towards Columbia.
Scott, as a matter of course, went straight
way te see Regina McDowell, for she was
the prettiest' of tbe many pretty girls of
the borough, and he, with his usual rush,
had fallen headlong in love with her. Her
father was Rebert McDowell, who kept
the Fulton house in Columbia, and he had
several very charming daughters. After
spending' that night in Jeseph H. Black's
house, with whom they bearded, Sayler
and Scott returned te Petersburg next
morning, only te let Sheriff -Medltbaeh;
f
of Berks county, Winv the steer, whereat
ycemg . Aleck thsew ,ack his head and
iaaghed.' ? ; U
A f t tli a ' of Governer Perter
from eflce 18,MaJ6-Patten, wkb ha
in the meantime purchased the Columbian
succeeded by Dr. Given. Yeung Scott,
however, did net go out of office with his
brother-in-law ; en the contrary, tbe new
collector recognizing his phenomenal
ability, elevated him'to-the-chicT clerk
ship, paying him the munificent salary of
$45 a month. It was about this time
also that be was awakened from
his dream of happiness in connection
with pretty ltcgina McDowell, that
young lady and her family finding no
iricndla ytunjr Scott's virtual guardian,
Majer Pattea. -She afterward married a
Williamsperf grocer named Tilly or Lilly.
Her husband died and she followed him te
the grave a year or two later. It is nar
rated of Themas A. Scott, aa Showing his
largeness of heart and as demonstrating
the fact that he never actually never
forget oneef his old-time 'friends, that' he
made diligent inquiry, having then be
come prosperous, te ascertain if Rcgina
McDowell left behind parents, sisters or
offspring, and en being told that she had a
son living he said that be would be sure te
find him.
Scott remained iu Collocter Givcu's
office two years and then they formed a
lumber aud saw mill partnership, which
the freshets put an end te. . When 23 years
old no married Miss Margaret JUuIliseu, a
daughter of Reuben Mullisen. who had
come down te Columbia from Wilkcsbarre
as'pilet of a raft. He entered into and
failed in the ice business in Wrightsville.
Iu 1847 he became chief clerk te Collector
of Tells A. Boyd Cummings in Philadel
phia, and in 1850 he became general agent
of the Mountain division of the P. R. It.
company. Subsequently he was made
superintendent of the Western di
vision and of the whele read.
In 1859 he succeeded Wm. B. Fester as
vice president "of tlie reed andln 1874 was
oleetcd its presidens. Meantime, hew
ever, his great oxecutive ability had been
employed by the civil and military author
ities of the Ute nod natien'hn aiding the
war te suppress the rebellion. First Gov.
Curtin retained him and then Socretary of
the War Cameren. As assistant secretary
of war he bad arduous responsibilities in
forwarding troops which be discharged
with high credit and efficiency ; and evcu
after he was recalled te his railroad duties
President Lincoln mero than ouce sum
mened his-aid ig emergencies.
A ills earcqr as a railroad president is
mero recent and familiar. In all of his
varied career there was probably nothing
mero notable than bis abiding faith in tbe
Texas & FacW.railread.: . In1873, it had
madb him bankrupt; in 1881 it enabled
bim te feet up his assets with the neat
little sum of seventeen millions of dot
lars, of which he has recently been
distributing some in literary, personal
aud religious charities. It' is' said that in
his embarrassment Cameren and Duffy
made immense leans te him. Ile resigned
ms Pennsylvania railroad presidency in
May, 1830. Ori Aprill 2, 1881, by his resig
nation as president of the Texas & Pacific
railroad company, be virtually laid down
his life work,' and "since then, with, brief
.intervals,nas been confined te a sick room.
He leaves a widow his second wife who
was a MiiS Riddle, of Pittsburgh.
OBITUARY.
Ueath of M1m Lizzie M. Hear.
Miss Lizzie M. Hear, daughter of Jes.
Hear, senior partner of the firm, of Hear
& MeNabb, died at the residence of her
parents, sNe. 420 East King street,' this
morning about J e clock, after a long ill
ness of pulmonary consumption. Miss
Hear was a young lady widely known and
highly esteemed. She was a thoreugly
educated musician, and prier te her ill
ness was regarded as ene of the very finest
vocalists in Lancaster. She was tbe lead
ing soprano of the Presbyterian choir,
aud en several occasions took the
Icadiug characters in the cantatas
aud oratories presented te the public by
the .Lancaster Cheral society. ISut it was
in private life, in her herec.and among bcr
intimate acquaintances, that her womanly
virtues shene the brightest and it is there
her less is most severely felt. Through
her long and hopeless illness she was ever
gentle, kind, patient and resigned, with a
iirni faith in the saving grace of Him who
ordereth all things well. Her funeral will
take place en Tuesday at 2 'o'clock p. m.,
from the residence of her parents, the in
terment te be in Woodward Hill cemetery.
Mm. Clack's Fuaqral.
The obsequies of Mrs. Sallie Fitzpatrick
Clark, wife of Mr. Rebert Clark, of the
Iktkllieencek, whose sudden death en
Wednesday last has been noted in these
columns, took place this morning and was
largely attended by sorrowing friends and
relatives. After the customary services
at the residence, Ne., 40, North Duke
street, the funeral cortege' proceeded; te
St. Mary's church, of which 'the deceased
had been a -pious and consistent mem
ber, and where solemn requiem mass was
calcbratcd by Rev. -Fathers MoCulleugh,
of St. Mary's,- Christ, of St. Antheny's,
and Gretemcyer, of St. Jeseph's. Dress
ler's mass was rendered by St. Mary's
choir, and Mr. Wm. B. Altick, the leader,
sang also Schubcrth's touching composi
tion, " Leve's Last Greetine." At the
conclusion of the mass the remains, fel
lowed by a large conceurso of mourners,
were conveyed te St. Mary's cemetery,
where the interment took place. The
numerous and beauWul floral tributes
sent as tbe last sadenerings of loving
friends testified the higM regard in which
deceased had been held during her life
time and the universal grief occasioned by
her untimely taking-off. The pall bearers
were Dr. H. E. WcsthacQcr, Frank
Hewell, W. U. UenseL H. H. Holten, B.
S. Schindle and G. Edw. Hcgener.
COURT.
Its Meeting This Morning.
Court met this morning at 10 o'clock
and the docket wascalled. i
Iu the case of James 'Reland vs. A.
Bates Grubb, a rule was granted te show
cause why afi.fa. should net be set aside.
The Pennsylvania railroad company
presented bends te indemnify the owners
of land against damages caused by the
chauges of the track north of this city.
The amounts of bends were as fellows : Te
James Burke and Mortimer Halene, $8,000;
Ann McGrannand ethers 810,000 ; B. J.
McGrann $2,000 ; J. R. McGevcrn $10,000.
These bends were approved, counsel for
the parties objecting for the reason that
the amounts are net sufficient.
The bend in favor of Capt James Wiley
and wife in the sum of v$30,000 will be con
sidered next week, wnen lien. Jeremiad
S. Black, who is Capt. Wiley's counsel,
can be present.
In the ease of Wm. WeStman, of Diller
ville, te whom the bend is $10,000, counsel
asked that the bend be made in a larger
amount. Witnesses were examined and
they testified that the damage te the prop prep prop
ertywedld be $10,000. The ceur ap
proved the bend, counsel objecting te the
amount, and te the right of the- railroad
eompanyjte run through the property.
In all the cases except that or tB J.- Mc
Grann, objection te the railroad com
pany's right te run through the properties
was made.
Current Business.
A soldiers' license was granted' te Geerge'
rr. eriemiieii, ui ifiuk;.
The license of Jehn Yehu, deceased, of
Mountville, was transferred te. Samuel
Yohn.
Argument court) begins en Monday
morning. On the list there are 21 cases in
common pleas, 3 in quarter sessions, and
5 in orphans' court.
THE WOK HAKKISBUKGEKS.
9oIeros luiSMnt et a Sbatl-less Organ.
ljsrrV'MrS UljJlH5iiileiit.
V"A fish watfnen's let is net a happy one.
Alderman Nicholas experiences this. As
that functionary, he has been te Columbia
and seen the open violations of the law,
yet he is powerless te prevent it. This
may seem t.tr.yigu ; but i; is a fact,. He
knows, ami M'docScvery'eric,'how' it can
bostepped, bufemrstate statutes are net
bread eneugh: They- de 'net - give a man
power te arrest except upon information.
LAnd we would hkt'see any parson.
especially an official get that at Columbia,
WbcM bfufy , jsany wpmanand ebUit i i
brought np-te i"pre"tecf their shad" in
IS-
in-
terest."
An JfiipendMnt .reporter talked with; the
warden this morning. ' Me-'iS well booked.
He states Uiat.every persou'abevo the dam
is " spotted " a?, seen as they step from
the cars in order that none of them may
be cangh' in the act of violating the, law.
" They read me like a book,, already,"
said Mr. Nichalas, " and I am hounded at
every step."' f
" Are they aevasf mnch fishing at pres
ent ?"
"Much f .--aid he iu surprise. "Well,
ybu ought te see that river. It's just like
x nrinnrrnm-tnwn. There are thirty.five
batteries in operation' and ' 'each' one em
ploys from seven te fifteen men. There
are at lc.u;t oe0 meu 'at 'work almost all
th time."
' " But tlie.se uiiiu arc net violating the
law." ' '
"Oh, no ! There are but two ene of
which is owned by a man named Sam'l
Red, who defic. the law peiut bfciuk.?' j
( " Wliore are thcy located ?" '
" Red's batteries is directly at the mouth
of the iisu-way, and when the river is
high hu catches thousands of shad. The
ether one is net far from it. The law re
quires them te fish at least a quarter of a
mile from the dam."
"Most of thcse batteries thou are acting
in accordance witb law ?"
" Ye-i; tthp;bct;et thum ate tonateuton;
Mud jhuajid. 1 The, sebics rthereTJied re
about 200 yards iii lengthened make tre
mendous hauls. They kwe caught at
these batteries, two m'tarmber, eleven
thousand shad this season. On Mepday
alone 15,000 were captured. All the fisher
men state it was the .biggest day's fishing
in twenty years. Over 5,000 were secured
-by all the batteries. . ,
"And 'still .'none arc caught mp ,this
way," interpolated the reporter.
"And what will be under the present
law can easily be counted," the warden
added.
Tne wardeu then went ou te recount
hew utterly powerless one, or even a
half dozen men would be in making ar
rests en a river a mile and three-eighths
wide, aud among 350 men, and a whele
town againsKjou.besides.Hest of the fisher
men at all reasonable hbsaid, were favor
able ter the passage of the bill new pend
ing te make fishing illegal except en three
days ia the week, and theyallegeif such
was the law and. they were given the priv priv
Iege of fishing where they chose, they would
abide by it. It would be fair te all par
tics. The waiden said the only way he
saw te enforce the law as it new stands is
te give him twenty men as officers and
the authority te step it by force. The
only way is te take active measures. And
the fish wardeu is about right. There is
no question r about the 'Violation or the
laws and the sooner " harsh measures "
are induhrcd in aud that farce of a fishway
is tern out, just se seen we will have the
fresh shail at our doers at the' same low
prices they are being, sold at Colombia,
from 2: te e5 cents. The Columbians
should lie made assure of the fact tbat
the up-river pcople have some rights
which they (the violators) are bound te
respect.
AIL. t-'KOei A HVAVVOtAt.
Twe Mem Merleasly Injured.
About five ocleck yesterday afternoon
as Harry Veisley and Valentine Hardy were
engaged in putting a heard ceiling te the
ltack liuiklfiuj of Jeb Evans heuse, Ne.
158 Seuth Queen' street, the scaffolding
upon which t.licy wcre standing gave way
and both men fell a distance of about
twenty feet, first striking the beard fenee
separating Mr. Evans' property from Mr.
Michael Mussulman', and thence into Mr.
Mussulman's yard,aIightingupen tbe brick
pavement. Mr. Yeisley was picked up in
an unconscious condition aud lias remained
unconscious up te the present time. He
was carried iute Mr. Musselman's house
and waited ou by Drs. M.L. Iicrrand War
ren. At a later hour in the evening he
was removed te the home of his father
Gceme Yeisley. Ne. 2:53 North Mary
street, where hu lies iu;a critical condition.
The extent of his injuries has net yet been
ascertained. His head was badly lacer
ated by striking upon the fenecaad pave
ment and his skull may be fractured, but
this has net yet been fully ascertained.
He received .severe internal injuries also,
and has spi. bleed te some extents ' He i'j
unmarried and about 25 years old.
Mr. Hardy was less unfortunate. Iu
striking upon the fence he had bis right
arm badly skinned and bruised, and in
alighting upon the pavement he suffered a
severe spnvn of the right ankle which will
disable him for some time, but his injuries
are net considered damrereus. lie-was re
moved te his home WMaiier .street.
The scaffold upon which the men were
working was composed of beards, ene end
of which lay upon the rail of
the balcony and the ether end npeu
a wiudew-siil. a. balcony rail mid a bend
in it, at one peiut, se as te enable the
window shutter te pass ever it, and this of
course, as it ran across the grain of the
woedr ienU-re(l' it weaker at .ahatt point
than eliuwhcic. Besides, the banisters
had net yet been placed in the balcony,
and when both men steed clese together
their weight was mere than the rail would
bear, aud it, broke with the result above
stated. i
New Let the Werk Proceed,
PliiludelpMu Evening Bulletin.
The Heumj of Representatives at Har
risburg has adopted an item in the appro
priation bill te pay for the completion of
uiu suii(ic ei irci fiisuiiuisiieu ireunsyi
vanians for the old Hall of Representatives
at Washington. This was a matter
ncgleeted by the last Legislature, and the
artists commissioned te perform the work
bave been obliged te suspend it for several
years. Mr. Heward Roberts has long had
bis noble figure of Rebert Fulton com
pleted in the plaster, aud Miss Blanche
Ncvin lias, we believe, made the same
progress with that of Parson Muhlcnburg.
But the costly work of putting them j.JBte
marble is yeb te. be done,, and,' this may
new be accomplished if the-4 appropriation
receives, as it undoubtedly will, the ap
proval of the Senate. A number of states
already have the statues of their represen
tative men in the collection at tbe capitol,
and it is a geed thing tbat there is a pros
pect of having these of Pennsylvania
added te it at Inst.
iriie FresbrterlamVeaeral AsscsaMy.
The following arc the .chairman of the
several committees : Bills' and overtures,
Rev. Williim Paxton ; Judicial Cem
mittccs. Kev. E. Moere; Heme Missions,
Rev. C. 3. Pomcrey: Foreign! Missions,
Rev. W. P. Breed; Education, Rev. E.
P. Humphrey; Church Erection, Rev.
D. C. Marques; Theological , Seminaries,
Rev. J. G. Perter r' Ministerial Relief,
Rev. C. P. Wing ; Freedmen. Rev. J. H.
Nixon; Correspondence. Rev. J. F. Tut
tle ; Benevolence, Rev. R. W. Patterson ;
Narrative, Rev. B. Sunderland. Yester
day's sessions were mainly taken up with
reports fans church bjmrdjl ATtetr Jarge
meeting was held last evening, in' the'1 in
terest of tbe Sunday schoeta.-' Rev. Dr.
gIpa"V"